Hame-tug



(No Model.) 4 J. B. WOOL'SE-Y.

Hame Tug.

. No. 237,941. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

WITNESSES I d iNVENTOR ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. WOOLSEY, OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,941,. datedFebruary 15, 1881.-

Application filed October 16, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN B. WOOLSEY, ofBloomfield, in the county of Davis and State of Iowa, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Hame-Tugs and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings are side views. Fig. 3 shows one form ofclip. Fig. 4 shows the clevis, bolt, buckle, and eye. Fig. 5 showsanother form of clip; Fig. 6, perspective view of the buckle. Fig. 7 isa perspective of the device applied. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail sectionalviews.

This invention relates to devices for fastening the traces to thehame-tugs; and it consists in a peculiar buckle and clevis for attachingthe end of the trace to the halne-tug at the hame, and a clip ofpeculiar construction for fastening the end of the tug to the trace, allas will hereinafter fully appear.

In the annexed drawings, A is the hemetug, having eye a and holes a.

B is the trace. At one end of this trace there is fastened, by rivets,the clevis O.

D is a buckle having ears d 6?, loop 01, curved bearing 6, and tongue61'. This buckle is held to clevis O by bolt E, passing through ears 61(Z and the clevis G, the curved bearing (1 resting against the trace B,and the tongue 11' entering one of the holes a in tug A, said tugpassing through loop 01.

By this construction a strong fastening is made, and allstrain holds theparts together, and the curved bearing prevents the loop from pullingupon the tug.

To hold the tug flat to the trace its inner end, a", is looped about thebar f of clip F, whose loops f f pass over the trace B.

In attaching this device to harness the loop or eye a is made fast tothe hame-loop, and the tug A is passed through the loop d of buckle D,the tongue 61 entering one of the holes a, and the curved bearing 61'coming between the tug and trace. The trace is then passed under theloops f f of clip F. This latter device is intended forshort-tugharness.

In Figs. 1 and 5 there is shown a clip, H, for use with long-tugharness. This clip H takes the place of clip F, its bar h beingheldinthe looped end'of the tug A. This clip H has the loops h h h for thebelly-band, backsaddle, and breeching straps, respectively, and loop h',to rest upon the trace.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The buckle D, having ears (Z cl, loop 61, curved bearing 01, andtongue 61', in combination with clevis 0, bolt E, and hame-tug A.

2. The clip H, having bar h and loops h h hill hllll 3. The combinationof the hame-tug A,having eye a, holes a, and loop a, and the trace B,having clevis O, with buckle D, bolt E, and clip H.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. WOOLSEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BROWN, HENRY NULToN.

